By SBI SOCCER
Mexico may have one less veteran defender to call in for the CONCACAF Cup, as the injury bug continues to affect players from El Tri.
After Andres Guardado was officially ruled out of the Confederations Cup playoff tie against the U.S. Men’s National Team early Monday, Rafael Marquez suffered an injury against Atalanta over the weekend and may be in serious doubt to miss the October 10 clash.
Hellas Verona head coach Andrea Mandorlini said he will miss the team’s upcoming game, and while he did not reveal what injury is bothering the 36-year-old defender, Univision speculates it is a muscle problem in his right leg.
Marquez was called in by El Tri interim manager Ricardo Ferretti for the country’s September friendlies against Trinidad & Tobago and Argentina. He started in the team’s 2-2 draw with Lionel Messi and company, but he was substituted off before Messi equalized with minutes to spare.
Marquez played an important role for El Tri early in the summer when he captained his country at the Copa America in Chile, but he missed out on the team’s Gold Cup triumph.
What do you think of Marquez’s injury? Think he was going to be called into the squad to face the USMNT?
Share your thoughts below.
did guardado and marquez both get “jobbed”?
is the concacaf cup match being “fixed” for usa victory?
watch to see which referee is selected. for example, mark geiger.
watch to see if the usa-mex game is decided by referee decisions.
you know, pk for usa, non-pk call for mexico
and/or red card to mexico and non-red card to usa (if applicable).
guardado: mexican national team captain and mexico’s “best player”
http://www.sbisoccer.com/2015/09/mexicos-guardado-concacaf.html
marquez: “captained his country at the Copa America in Chile”
strip away your personal feelings. on october 10, look at the RESULTS of the mexico-usa match.
were the results ALTERED by:
– guardado or marquez absence?
– controversial referee decision in favor of usa?
If anything, they’ll fix it in Mexico’s favor…
Wait…
Will see…
With or with out
Marquez/Guardado
MEXICO GOT
THIS 0_o
So I guess not having Lalas and Donovan count as a blow to the US team?
Can’t believe they’re still relying on that old sucker
Rafa is like a bad STD. He never goes away.
You win one (Guardado), you lose one (Marquez).
So it’s your basic subtraction by addition Rafa math which is now turned on it’s head.
Word. ^
This one really hurts. Now the U.S. Will have to play 11 on 11 as Red Card Rafa won’t be able to sabotage his team at a critical moment.
Dont worry Hector Moreno has made himself into a hack artist of late. Shaw and then someone over the weekend
Lordy, yeah. The second one was worse. Just no injury.
same response as the others! USA needed him to screw up or get carded in this game!
seriously tho, Mexico has depth but CB isn’t their deepest/best position and Marquez solidifies the 5-3-2 formation at the CB/CDM. without him either they move HH back there or change formations.
Mexico was holding off Argentina pretty good until Marquez left the field.
Then Argentina immediately scored twice.
Maybe they would have done so anyway but the thing Guardado and Marquez both bring to Mexico is an undefinable leadership quality which I suspect they will miss.
im thinking they line up:
–Vela——-R.Jimenez/Hernandez—–
—————-Gio——————————-
——–JdS————–Vasquez————
-Layun———HH——Aguilar/I.Jimenez-
———Moreno-Reyes———————–
—————-Munoz————————–
still a very dangerous group of attackers and solid defense but nothing too scary.
If Tecatito maintains form he can very well be starting
true. and Ferretti doesn’t seem to be too interested in either of the dos Santos brothers.
Jonathan Dos Santos MUST fill in for guardado. He’s the only player I think is up to Guardados quality. Really don’t think any of the Liga Mx players can cut it there.
Carlos Pena maybe, he is beasting in Liga MX right now but I would still pick JDS or Guardado over him.
you say is nothing scary but I wish we had any of those midfielders or those attackers
This is actually bad news for the USMNT, I actually prefer him to play, especially when we have DeAndre, Wood, or Zardes coming off the bench with speed that would burn Rafa and make him commit stupid fouls that could possibly lead to him getting red carded.
Crushing blow to the US National Team.
+100…LOL….I almost spit my lunch out…I would rather have Marquez on the filed
$#!^, I was just coming here to post the same thing.
If Trump was President, we wouldn’t even have to play the Mexican team to go to the Confed Cup. We’d just get it because we are America and America is the best